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Jammu & Kashmir stun Delhi
New Delhi: Skipper Kavaljeet Singh struck a fine half century as minnows Jammu Kashmir stunned Delhi by three wickets with just two balls to spare in the last North Zone one day league match here yesterday
Madhu Sanghi
20-Nov-1999
New Delhi: Skipper Kavaljeet Singh struck a fine half
century as minnows Jammu Kashmir stunned Delhi by three wickets with
just two balls to spare in the last North Zone one day league match here
yesterday.
Kavaljeet's 73-ball knock which included four hits to the fence helped
J & K reach 238 for seven after restricting formidable Delhi
to 237 for six in 50 overs at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground.
Ashwani Gupta, Ranjit Bali and Amit Pal Singh contributed 41,36 and 29
runs respectively for the visitors who registered their second one
day win against Delhi.
In the end it was a battle of nerves for the two teams as J & K
needed six runs in the last over, which they achieved with two balls to
spare. A haul of four for 38 by India off spinner Nikhil Chopra
went in vain.
Full postPunjab register impressive victory over Haryana
Gurgaon: A responsible innings of 53 by Pankaj Dharmani and fine bowling by the spinners enabled Punjab to register an impressive victory over Haryana by 71 runs in their last one day league encounter of the North Zone Ranji Trophy at the Nehru
Rakesh Sanghi
20-Nov-1999
Gurgaon: A responsible innings of 53 by Pankaj Dharmani and
fine bowling by the spinners enabled Punjab to register an impressive
victory over Haryana by 71 runs in their last one day league encounter
of the North Zone Ranji Trophy at the Nehru Stadium here yesterday.
In reply to Punjab's total of 220 for 7 in fifty overs
Haryana was bundled out for 149, their lowest total against Punjab, in
41.1 overs.
Punjab skipper Vikram Rathore elected to bat first after winning
the toss. Punjab made three changes in the team that
played agaist Delhi. Sarandeep Singh, Rakesh Saini and Sanjay Mahajan
were included in place of Ritender Sodhi, Harbhajan Singh,
and Amit Sharma. Haryana left out Amarjeet Kaypee and Sanjay Balwan and
brought in debutant Satish Ohlan and Jasvir Singh. Punjab's decision to
bat first immediately backfired as Haryana got an early breakthrough.
In the second over of the innings bowled by Feroz Ghyas, Sandeep
Sharma edged a ball pitched outside the off stump and was declared caught
behind. After the addition of six runs to the total, Vineet Jain struck to
get the vital wicket of Rathore. An incoming ball took the
inside edge of his bat and Ajay Ratra picked up the catch behind the
stumps. Rathore could make only one run.
Pankaj Dharmani and Yuvraj Singh batted with a sense of responsibility
to raise Punjab's hopes for a tall score. They added 99 runs for the
third wicket before Yuvraj was run out for 42. His knock included
three boundaries. He batted 109 minutes and faced 81
balls. Dharmani, who was the next to be dismissed, scored 53 runs (107
minutes,83 Balls,6x4s). He was brilliantly caught by Sonu Sharma at
square leg after mistiming a shot off Sanjay Dalal. Another partnership
of 60 runs for the sixth wicket between Rakesh Saini (34) and Harminder
Jugnu (32) helped Punjab raise a respectable total.
Full postHimachal defeat Services by five wickets
Una: A deadly spell of three for nineteen, supported by a sparkling knock of 85 by Rahul Panta help Himachal defeat Services by five wickets in one day Ranji tie here yesterday
Rakesh Bakshi
20-Nov-1999
Una: A deadly spell of three for nineteen, supported by a
sparkling knock of 85 by Rahul Panta help Himachal defeat Services by
five wickets in one day Ranji tie here yesterday.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, Services were all out for 215
in 48.1 overs. Services lost three early wickets and were 29 for 3 at
one stage . A 97 run fourth wicket partnership between opener Sarabjit
Singh and Sanjay Verma, who scored 64 and 51 runs respectively helped
the visitors to push the score to 215.
Himachal skipper Rajiv Nayyar claimed two wickets for 19. Asim got two
wickets for 33 runs. The remaining three wickets wre claimed by Shakti
Singh, Nischal Gaur and Sangram Singh.
In reply, Himachal made a good beginning with openers Rahul Panta and
Nischal Gaur scoring 90 runs. Rahul Panta who was
dismissed by Javed was the top scorer with 85 runs while Anuj Pal and
Arun Verma remained not out at 20 and 18 respectively.
Full postHyderabad-Andhra game ends in a tame draw
Hyderabad: The South Zone Ranji Trophy match between Hyderabad and Andhra ended in a tame draw here yesterday with the hosts failing to bowl out the visitors a second time
Blessington Thomas
19-Nov-1999
Hyderabad: The South Zone Ranji Trophy match between Hyderabad and
Andhra ended in a tame draw here yesterday with the hosts failing to
bowl out the visitors a second time.
In a fine batting display on the final day, Hyderabad extended its one
run lead to 130 after batting for 99 minutes off 21.1 overs before the
declaration was made.
The overnight not out batsmen were in different gear altogether
today. Showing urgency the most prolific Hyderabad batsman in recent
times MV Sridhar in association with his overnight partner Vanka
Pratap batted freely in piling up runs to register the third century
partnership of the innings. When Sridhar was caught at extra-cover by
Amit Pathak, Hyderabad declared its innings closed at 510 for six with
a lead of 130 runs.
Hyderabad had an outside chance to bowl the opposition out in a
minimum of 67 overs inclusive of 15 mandatory overs. Andhra began its
second essay cautiously only to see Venkatapathi Raju coming on to
bowl the eighth over over of the innings replacing VVS Laxman who
shared the new ball with Narenderpal Singh, making inroads when he
bowled skipper Amit Pathak who tried to cut a low incoming ball only
to edge it on to his stumps.
Full postA woeful tale of Pakistan batting
Hobart, Nov 18: Pakistan's batting was made to look a joyless, labouring task on the opening day of the second Test By having bowled Pakistan out for 222
A Jalil
19-Nov-1999
Hobart, Nov 18: Pakistan's batting was made to look a joyless,
labouring task on the opening day of the second Test By having bowled
Pakistan out for 222. Australia captain Steve Waugh's decision to put
the opposition in was totally vindicated.
It's been a woeful tale of Pakistan's batting (Mohammad Wasim's
innings excepted) here on Bellerive's pitch which, despite being
traditionally batsman friendly, had retained some moisture and showed
plenty of life earlier in Pakistan's innings.
It was a good toss to win as both captains would liked to have bowled
first. Australia had the luck of winning the toss, for the second
time in two Tests and today it certainly gave them the advantage. But
having said that, the fall of Pakistan's early wickets, before lunch,
with the exception of Saeed Anwar's were less to the credit of the
bowling than to the batsman's errors.
Anwar received a brute of a ball from Glenn McGrath' It lifted from
not short of a length and took the shoulder of the bat. But Ijaz
Ahmed, having got themselves into form with a century earlier in the
week against South Australia, after a poor first Test, made a half
hearted attempt to cut a ball from McGrath which was far too close to
him to attempt the shot and Pakistan were 2 for 18 , a similar
situation as in Brisbane.
Full postMP qualify for Wills Trophy
Jaipur: Madhya Pradesh defeated Rajasthan by eight wickets in the Central Zone Ranji one day match here yesterday to finish with an all win record and qualify for the Wills Trophy from Central Zone
OP Sharma
19-Nov-1999
Jaipur: Madhya Pradesh defeated Rajasthan by eight wickets in the
Central Zone Ranji one day match here yesterday to finish with an all
win record and qualify for the Wills Trophy from Central Zone.
MP captain Rajesh Chauhan won the toss and elected to field first on a
perfect batting wicket. Rajasthan openers Anshu Jain and Nikhil Dora
added 46 runs before the latter was caught behind off Mohd Arif for
18. Rahul Kanwat then played a cameo innings of 33 off 38 balls before
he was bowled by Manish Majithia, in trying to late cut an
armer. Rahul and Jain added 54 runs for the second wicket. Saket
Bhatia, who till last season played for Railways, scored an unbeaten
79 in his first outing for Rajasthan. He and Jain added 79 runs for
the third wicket before Jain was run out as a result of some fine
fielding by Amay Khurasia. Jain made 72 runs off 128 balls with three
boundary hits. In the slog overs Bhatia and Sanjeev added 73 runs
before Sanjeev was out for 27 off the last ball of the innings sent
down by Rajesh Chauhan. Bhatia remained unbeaten with 79 from 72 balls
with four hits to the ropes. Railways finished with 252 for four in 50
overs.
MP started confidently with openers JP Yadav and Rajagopalan puting on
48 runs. Rajagopalan was out for 16, caught at short mid wicket by
S.Bhatia off P.Krishna. Yadav and Amay Khurasia added 107 runs for the
second wicket off 21.5 overs before the former was bowled by P.Krishna
for a well compiled 74 off 109 balls with six boundaries. Khurasia who
was going great guns completed his half century in the company of
Abbas Ali who also played some fine strokes to complete his half
century to steer MP to victory. Khurasia's unbeaten 78 was compiled
off 101 balls with the help of four boundaries and a six while Abbas
Ali's 58 not out was hit off just 51 balls with the aid of six fours
and a six. Their unbroken third wicket partnership realised 99 runs
from 16.1 overs.
Full postMudgal's century highlights UP's victory
New Delhi: A breeezy 100 off 104 balls by opener M.Mudgal helped Uttar Pradesh to defeat Railways by three wickets in a high scoring Central Zone Ranji one day match at the Karnail Singh stadium here yesterday
19-Nov-1999
New Delhi: A breeezy 100 off 104 balls by opener M.Mudgal helped Uttar
Pradesh to defeat Railways by three wickets in a high scoring Central
Zone Ranji one day match at the Karnail Singh stadium here yesterday.
Batting first Railways hit 278 for five in 50 overs. Openers S.Bangar
(51) and H.Bajwa (38) put on 56 runs in only 8.3 overs. But the real
substance of the innings was provided by Y. Goud and skipper PS Rawat
who each scored 62 and added 111 runs for the fourth wicket off 21.2
overs.
UP were also off to a good start with Mudgal and Jyoti Yadav putting
on 54 runs off just seven overs. Mudgal and skipper GK Pandey (38)
added 100 runs for the third wicket off 20.2 overs to give the scoring
rate an impetus. Mudgal was fourth out at 201 in the 38th over. He hit
eleven boundaries. Later a bright unbeaten 27 off 19 balls by M Saif
who hit two fours and a six saw UP home with one ball to spare.
Full postUnbeaten 148 by HR Jadhav
Baroda: A keen tussle for the first innings lead highlighted the West Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Baroda and Gujarat here yesterday
18-Nov-1999
Baroda: A keen tussle for the first innings lead highlighted the West
Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Baroda and Gujarat here
yesterday.
Batting first Gujarat, with most of their top order batsmen striking
form, scored 295. MS Kadri was the most successful bowler taking six
wickets for 46 runs.
Baroda in reply lost half the side for 89 but HR Jadhav who came in at
the fall of the second wicket at 44 stood firm. With the help of the
tail he turned the innings around. Finally with last man Z Khan he
added 44 runs which was enough to give Baroda the lead. Jadhav batted
six hours for his unbeaten 148 and he hit 20 fours and a six. Baroda
were finally all out for 329. In their second innings Gujarat were 166
for three when stumps were drawn on the penultimate day of the four
day match.
Full postMumbai defeat Maharashtra by innings
Mumbai: Mumbai defeated once mighty Maharashtra by an innings and 11 runs with a day to spare in the West Zone Ranji Trophy match here yesterday
18-Nov-1999
Mumbai: Mumbai defeated once mighty Maharashtra by an
innings and 11 runs with a day to spare in the West Zone
Ranji Trophy match here yesterday. Maharashtra were
dismissed for 142 and 148. The wrecker-in-chief was young
left arm spinner Rajesh Pawar who took six for 19 and five
for 49. In the second innings, Nilish Kulkarni was also
quite unplayable taking five for 44.
Mumbai scored 301 in their only innings the highlight
being a fighting century by Paras Mhambrey. The former
Indian opening bowler hit a timely 117 coming in at 127
for five. After seven wickets had fallen for 139, he and
S Kannan added 85 runs from 28 overs to turn the match
Mumbai's way. Mhambrey batted 224 minutes, faced 173 balls
and hit 16 fours and three sixes. For Maharashtra, Siddiqui
took seven wickets for 69 runs.
Full postRain affected match ends in a draw
The four day match between India A and Trinidad & Tobago, at the FCB Clarke Road United Grounds in Penal, which was badly disrupted by rain ended in a draw yesterday
18-Nov-1999
The four day match between India A and Trinidad & Tobago, at the FCB
Clarke Road United Grounds in Penal, which was badly disrupted by rain
ended in a draw yesterday.
Resuming at the overnight score of 123-6, Trinidad & Tobago were all
out in the space of 21 balls for the addition of just one run to
concede a first innings lead of 103. Last man Asif Jan was unable to
bat. Rahul Sanghvi picked up the bowling honours for India A taking
4-23. Amit Bhandari and Karthik Murali took two wickets each.
India A however failed to make the most of the opportunity for some
useful batting practice as they were all out for 163 in their second
knock. Sameer Dighe was the top scorer with 49 and he and Harvinder
Sodhi (31) put on 56 for the sixth wicket in the only sizable
partnership of the innings. Jacob Martin who top scored with 81 in the
Indian first innings total of 227, made only 11 this time
around. Dodda Ganesh was unable to bat having strained a muscle (he
bowled only three overs in the Trinidad innings).
Spinners Mukesh Persad (5-46) and Dinanath Ramnarine (3-53) were among
the wickets again. They finished with match hauls of eight wickets
each and Ramnarine got the Man of the Match award for his labours.
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